The countywide teachers union appears to have a new president after nearly five months and exactly three runs at the ballots.

About one-third of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association membership voted and more than half of them cast their ballot for school psychologist Kathi Gundlach to lead the organization. Bill Rizzo earned the vice president spot, reports Andy Ford, president of the Florida Education Association who stepped in to serve as CTA administrator in July after the first two elections left the organization in limbo.

The CTA represents roughly 12,000 public school teachers.

Monday, the CTA board of directors are scheduled to certify the results.

Meanwhile, a lawsuit in the matter continues to work its way through the courts.

CTA has poor membership (not even half of the teachers in the district). One 7 teachers at our school are members, 7! It's looked upon as a group of troubled teachers or new teacher, that don't know better. CTA is a joke.